So there's a fella' out there who is currently a member of Miles Jesu (Miles Jesu (Latin for Soldier of Jesus) is a form of consecrated life in the Church for the laity, known as an Ecclesial Family of Consecrated Life, whose purpose is "to instill Catholic ideals and goals in the world to further the Kingdom of Christ, making Him the Center of all human life"), and one of his personal evangelistic efforts is to make Catholic Rap. That's right, Catholic Rap.

All of the tracks from all of his albums are available for download at his site, www.catholic-rap.com, but to get to them you have to go through a pop-up where he asks for a donation. You don't have to give one to get the song, but he has dedicated his life to serving Christ and donations are what keep him doing what he does. I've exchanged a few e-mails with him, and he's a top-notch guy. Do check him out.

Here are a couple of talks that I managed to find from the Diocese of Kalamazoo. I'm afraid I don't know too much about Msgr. Tom Martin, other than that he's the rector of St. Augustine's Cathedral in Kalamazoo, but Deacon Alex Jones is quite an interesting fellow. Here's a snippet from an article the CERC did on him:

"When Pentecostal minister Alex Jones came into the Church this past Easter he was not alone. He brought much of his congregation in with him.

When Detroit-born Alex Jones became a Pentecostal minister in 1972, there was little question among those who knew him that he was answering God's call to preach.

Now, many of his friends and family have dismissed the 59-year-old pastor as an apostate for embracing the Catholic faith, closing the nondenominational church he organized in 1982, and taking part of his congregation with him..."

So one of the "hot" things to do right now is to host Theology on Tap sessions. Just about everywhere (with twenty-somethings and beer) has one. Here are links to pages with downloads -- there were FAR too many for me to link here. The subjects are as varied as "The Problem of Evil" to "Why Not Be A Mystic" to "Why Can't Women Be Priests". If you want something interesting (and often funny) to listen to, these are generally good.

Leon Kass (born February 12, 1939) is an American bioethicist, best known as a leader in the effort to stop human embryonic stem cell and cloning research as former chair of the President's Council on Bioethics from 2002–2005.

He obtained S.B. and M.D. degrees (1958; 1962) at the University of Chicago and obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry (1967) at Harvard University. He then taught at St. John's College from 1972 to 1976 . He currently retains a position as a member of the President's Council and is the Addie Clark Harding Professor in the College and the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, and is the author of several books, including Toward A More Natural Science: Biology and Human Affairs; The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of our Nature; Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics; and The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis.

To read Kass' contributions to First Things, click here. To read his biography on bioethic.gov, click here.

St. Martha's Catholic Church has several talks on their site. I have no idea whether these talks are orthodox or not (having not listened), so if someone wants to give an orthodoxy rating in the comment box I (and I'm sure others) would appreciate it.

Fr. Frank Pavone is one of the most prominent pro-life leaders in the nation. He was born in Port Chester, New York and has been active in the pro-life movement since 1976. Cardinal John O'Connor ordained him to the priesthood in 1988. Fr. Pavone did parish work and taught in seminaries. In 1993, with the permission of Cardinal O’Connor, he became National Director of Priests for Life. In this full time position, he has traveled to all of the 50 states and to five continents, preaching and teaching against abortion and helping other priests to do the same.

He conducts seminars on pro-life strategy and is regularly invited to speak at national and international pro-life gatherings. Fr. Pavone appears often on national programs such as Larry King Live, Good Morning America, The O'Reilly Factor, and other shows on all the major networks. He is quoted in papers such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. He is seen daily on EWTN and heard on Vatican Radio. His publications are distributed worldwide. He was with Terri Schiavo in her final moments and was an outspoken advocate for her life.

The Virgin Mary's Call to End Abortion

This series of 14 talks and homilies was given by Fr. Frank Pavone on a 1995 tour of the Rio Grande Valley with the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. These tapes show how the Church's teachings about Mary strengthen the pro-life commitment.

"As a Carmelite monk, the 16th-century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross was well trained in the systematic theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. In Dark Night of the Soul, St. John's sharply organized mind gives clean shape to his mystical belief in a loving Being somewhere outside the realm of feeling, thought, or imagination, who can only be known through love. Dark Night of the Soul describes the process of purgation, first of senses, and then of spirit, that precedes the soul's loving Union with God. To quote from this book would detract from the coiled power of its tightly focused picture of the soul's progress; suffice it to say that there has never been a better book for discouraged Christians. When you cannot understand what or why you believe, but you find yourself unable to abandon faith, look to St. John for help."

This spiritual classic, about dark nights of the soul and how to start to achieve union with God through prayer, begins with a look at the "night of sense". The second book deals with the "night of faith". Then the third book deals with the "night of the memory and will".

The final two books of the five book treatise are generally printed separately and called The Dark Night of the Soul. They are not included in this reading.

Bk. 2, Ch. 7: Wherein is described how strait is the way that leads to eternal life and how completely detached and disencumbered must be those that will walk in it. We begin to speak of the detachment of the understanding

Bk. 2, Chs. 9-10: How faith is the proximate and proportionate means of the understanding whereby the soul may attain to the Divine union of love; Wherein distinction is made between all apprehensions and types of knowledge which can be comprehended by the understanding

Bk. 2, Ch. 11: Of the hindrance and harm that may be caused by apprehensions of the understanding which proceed from that which is supernaturally represented to the outward bodily senses; and how the soul is to conduct itself therein

Bk. 2, Ch. 12: Which treats of natural imaginary apprehensions. Describes their nature and proves that they cannot be a proportionate means of attainment to union with God. Shows the harm which results from inability to detach one self from them

Bk. 2, Ch. 17: Wherein is described the purpose and manner of God in His communication of spiritual blessings to the soul by means of the senses. Herein is answered the question which has been referred to

Bk. 2, Ch. 18: Which treats of the harm that certain spiritual masters may do to souls when they direct them not by a good method with respect to the visions aforementioned. Describes also how these visions may cause deception even though they be of God.

Bk. 2, Ch. 20: Wherein is explained how at times, although God answers the prayers that are addressed to Him, He is not pleased that we should use such methods. It is also shown how, although He condescend to us and answer us, He is oftentimes wroth.

Bk. 2, Ch.22: Wherein is solved a difficulty -- namely, why it is not lawful, under the law of grace, to ask anything of God by supernatural means, as it was under the old law. This solution is proved by a passage from Saint Paul.

Bk.2, Chs. 23-24: Which begins to treat of the apprehensions of the understanding that come in a purely spiritual way, and describes their nature. Which treats of two kinds of spiritual vision that come supernaturally.

Bk. 2, Chs. 25-26: Of revelations, describing their nature and making a distinction between them. Of intuition of naked truths in the understanding, explaining how they are of two kinds and how the soul is to conduct itself with respect to them.

Bk. 2, Chs. 27-29: Which treats of the second kind of revelation, namely, the disclosure of hidden secrets. Which treats of interior locutions that may come to the spirit supernaturally. Which treats of the first kind of words that the recollected spirit sometimes forms within itself.

Bk. 2, Chs. 30-32: The interior words that come to the spirit formally by supernatural means. The substantial words that come interiorly to the spirit. The apprehensions received by the understanding from interior feelings which come supernaturally to the soul.

Bk. 3, Chs. 3-6: Three kinds of evils which come to the soul from not entering into darkness with respect to knowledge and reflections of the memory; The advantage of entering into darkness in this respect.

Bk. 3, Chs. 14-15: Which treats of spiritual knowledge in so far as it may concern the memory. Which sets down the general method whereby the spiritual person must govern himself with respect to this sense.

William A. Marra (February 20, 1928 — December 12, 1998) was a third-party Right to life candidate for President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 1988; his running mate was Joan Andrews. They received 20,504 votes.[1] Marra had also been a candidate in the Republican and Democratic parties' United States presidential primary in New Hampshire. In the former he received six write-in votes[2] and in the latter received 142 votes.[3]

He was a graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Engineering and Fordham University, serving as a professor of philosophy at the latter. Marra was an active lecturer, opposing topics such as abortion, atheism and sex education.

For 17 years, Marra hosted a radio program called "Where Catholics Meet" on 710 WOR-AM in New York. On the show, he addressed issues facing orthodox Catholics in the post-Vatican II world. He often had guests. In the early 1990s, Marra hosted a TV program on the EWTN Global Catholic Network called "The Roman Forum." This program ran for two seasons and addressed many of the same issues as "Where Catholics Meet", but involved fewer guest hosts.

Marra founded Catholic Media Apostolate, an organization dedicated to the propagation of the Roman Catholic faith through the media. He was also heavily involved in [Keep the Faith], an organization similar to CMA.

Here are his talks:

A Selection of Talks by Dr.Wm.A.Marra

How Absolute is Conscience?The liberal mind, with its rationalistic approach to doctrine, has lost sight of the supernatural nature of the Church's teaching.

The Family under Siege Every child deserves, and every child needs the security of a peaceful home, with both parents present . . . Now, half the children are raised in a family where one or the other parent is missing.

What is happening in the Catholic Church? The institutional means of handing down the Faith are in the hands of the enemy. The young, baptized Catholic is heir to the richest inheritance possible, but defrauded of it.

Does Religious Truth Change? The Catholic Church has the holy audacity to say that it has never erred in its solemn teaching on faith or morals in 2000 years. That makes it easy for the enemy to give us trouble.

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